Police find guns, crack, 38 bags of heroin in Smithfield Township

A Smithfield Township man was charged after police recently found what they said were 38 bags of heroin in his vehicle, 15 grams of crack cocaine in his home and guns in both locations.

Staff report

A Smithfield Township man was charged after police recently found what they said were 38 bags of heroin in his vehicle, 15 grams of crack cocaine in his home and guns in both locations.

Glenn T. Wright Jr., 34, whose Lower Ridge View Circle home in Northslope III was raided by authorities, is charged with two counts of manufacturing, delivering or possessing drugs with intent to deliver, two counts of possession of drugs by a person not registered, four counts of prohibited possession of a gun, one count of carrying a gun without a license and one count of possessing a gun with the manufacturer's number altered.

He was placed in Monroe County Correctional Facility in lieu of $300,000 bail and will appear in district court at a future date.

Police had a confidential informant call Wright, also known as "Bless," on his cellphone and arrange a heroin exchange at a location. Surveilling Wright's home, police watched him exit the house, get into his vehicle and drive off toward the exchange location.

Police stopped Wright at Eagles Glen Plaza in East Stroudsburg, finding about $4,000 in cash on him, and later executed a search warrant on his vehicle, finding heroin and a loaded .45-caliber handgun.

That same day, police executed a search warrant on his home, finding crack cocaine, a .32-caliber handgun, a .45-caliber handgun, a shotgun, a digital scale and packaging.

The state Attorney General's Office was assisted by Stroud Area Regional Police and the Monroe County District Attorney's Detective Division.

Andrew Scott

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